Flash autoplay dificulty

Since updating to the last stable version 1.13.1008.32 the flash player no longer starts automatically. The option for Flash Plugin under Plugins in settings is set to Always Allow Flash, and I have even tried changing the Default to No user gesture is required under the Autoplay policy at vivaldi://flags

In Firefox and Opera there is an option to always remember the setting, and there is no problem in IE or SRWare Iron.

Has autoplay been permanently disabled in the latest version of Viv or am I overlooking something simple?

@desertoutlaw Can you share an url ? So I try if flash is working.
It's strange. Here on 1.13 stable I see in site settings allow/ask/deny.
Try also to revert any change made in chrome://flags (maybe some of them is locking the player).
Worth also check here chrome://settings/content/flash and remove any site listed in blocked/allowed (mine has been always empty).
Do you use extensions? Which ones? Try to disable them or run site in incognito to see if something is locking the player.

At chrome://settings/content/flash there are only two settings available, "Ask first (recommended)" or "Block sites from running Flash"

Under Webpages-Plugins, "Always Allow Flash" continues to revert to "Detect and Allow Important Flash Content Only"

The flashplayer works, it just has to be manually started each time. This issue did not occur until I upgraded to the lasted Vivaldi version which is odd since I have never had any problems with a stable version.

What is somewhat funny is a lot of people do not want players to start automatically and the chrome store use to have a plug-in that would halt automatic playing but the developer removed it and is no longer supporting it.

It's chr62+ behaviour, they are changing this to prevent autoplay abuse (not your case).
So, I guess that player will autoplay if people change the policy or browser settings (most users won't do this) or if you can set player as mute on start - which is probably the best choice (even if it is a compromise).
You could add a title on player to advise chromium users to unmute player to hear tracks.
I have manual flash activation and also after allowing the site, it still need another activation (click to play) as the "video" stream contain audio.

@stickmansmith I just read yesterday that reinstalling is not recommended due to the way Vivaldi does their updates; Not like Adobe or a few other products where uninstalling of a previous version may be necessary.

Regardless, Hadden89 suggested that autoplay was changed to prevent abuse which is understandable. But I'm not done yet. About ready to go where I should not go and look at the code for a possible hack. Something I have not done for years! LOL!